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Eight M-A seniors receive scholarships from the Menlo Park Kiwanis Club

by Contributed Content on May 26, 2019

The Menlo Park Kiwanis Club awarded $57,000 in scholarships to eight graduating seniors from Menlo-Atherton Hight School. Each scholarship winner was selected because of his or her outstanding academic record and service to many M-A and community organizations.

Pictured here are John Martin, Chair of the Kiwanis Club’s Scholarship Committee; Luciano Perez Hernandez who will attend San Francisco State; Ithzamar Valencia, who will be attending Simmons College in Boston; Adriana Alarcon who will attend the University of Redlands in Southern California; and Ed Moritz, President of the Menlo Park Kiwanis Club.

Also receiving scholarship: Sandra Argelia Gutierrez Carmona, Alina Kalmeyer, Antonia Barona Saavedra, Tirazah, Grace Leiro, and Lauren Fuller.

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Menlo Park Rotary grants $30,000 to local nonprofits

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Menlo Park Kiwanis Club donates $5,000 to M-A Football Association

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Menlo Park Kiwanis Club announces six weeks of speakers

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Rotary Club of Menlo Park Foundation – grant application process now open

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Menlo Park Kiwanis name officers for club’s fiscal year

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Eating pancakes and climbing on fire trucks makes for fun morning in Menlo Park

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Rotary Connects on Oct. 10 features Don Peppers

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Annual Pancake Breakfast at Menlo Park Fire District headquarters set for Oct. 6

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Good wine, good food, good vibe at Taste of Woodside

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Elise Kratzer awarded International Leo of the Year Award from Lions Club International

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